SIR KEIR STARMER is preparing to scrap social care reforms and backtrack on proposals to abolish the House of Lords in the lead up to polling day, reports claim.

Sir Keir’s initial plans to abolish the Lords, informed by Gordon Brown’s constitutional review, recommended replacing the chamber with a democratic assembly of nations and regions.

However a report in The Observer claims the party is moving away from plans of making a complete rehaul a priority. 

Instead Sir Keir, who has previously described the House of Lords as “indefensible,” will reportedly look to enact far less sweeping changes, such as capping the number of peers, and empowering a body to prevent “inappropriate” people from being granted peerages.

According to the report, detailed plans for social care reform will also be omitted from the Labour manifesto. 

This comes a week after shadow health secretary Wes Streeting addressed the Labour Party conference and spoke of “a workforce plan to address recruitment and retention.”

The Tories and Labour are gearing up for an election showdown with a poll required to be held before January 2025.